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Fastest: Austin (23.4%), Raleigh (17.8%), Dallas (13.4%), Nashville (13.1%), Phoenix (11.6%)

Slowest: SF (-3.9%), Milwaukee (-2.6%), Portland (-2.5%), Boston (-2.3%), Cleveland (-2.1%)

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Massachusetts doesn’t have a revenue problem. It has a growth problem.

Families are struggling with rising costs, businesses are leaving, young people are moving out, and employers are looking elsewhere because the state keeps becoming harder to afford and more difficult to compete in.

Beacon Hill’s answer always seems to be higher taxes, more spending, and more government control. A liberal Democrats wet dream.

The city council voted 9-3 on Wednesday against a measure to rescind the mayor's $43,000 increase, and the council's own $21,500 raise, amid a $70 million budget shortfall.

Wu, who won reelection last year, saw her pay increase to $250,000 from $207,000 in January. City councilors now earn $125,000, up from $103,500 last year.

Where's the asswipe that said STFU because they were repealing the pay raises? Democrats are the dumbest easily fooled. Don't you worry, they'll do the right thing🤷🏾‍♂️.

There are only 8 Sears stores left in America.

Massachusetts still has one in Braintree.

Massachusetts law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.

That includes breaks, seating, lighter lifting, and a private space to pump.

And they can’t deny jobs or punish employees for asking for it.

In any sane world, Gov. Healey should lose in Nov. Massachusetts now ranks 2nd-worst in the nation for business formation. We have some of the highest taxes in America. Our electricity rates are 3rd-highest in the country, nearly DOUBLE the national average. She's AWFUL!

Job Growth

#1 Nevada +25,000

#2 Idaho +11,000

#3 Utah +18,000

#4 South Carolina +24,000

#5 Texas +122,000

#6 North Carolina +37,000

#46 MA (-22,000)

#47 NH (-4,000)

Senate Democrats blocked a Republican proposal to investigate Massachusetts’ skyrocketing electric rates — which have jumped from ~$140 to $250/month — during Wednesday’s budget debate, deferring the issue to a future energy bill.

Massachusetts Senate Democrats rejected a Republican amendment to launch an independent probe into the Group Insurance Commission’s soaring spending — including massive costs for weight-loss drugs — and to block SNAP benefits from being used on candy and soft drinks.

Vote Red folks ♥️ restore sanity in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ♥️

A 17-year-old juvenile, 19-year-old Syncere Johnson, 20-year-old Damontay Brown, 19-year-old Shamar Passley-Clark, and 19-year-old Terrel Stokes, all of Boston, are charged with affray and disrupting court proceedings.

While officers were waiting for transport for the detained individuals, another altercation broke out. One of the men, who was handcuffed, kicked another detainee and then tried to spit on him, instead hitting an officer with his saliva.

Police noted that the juvenile, whose name hasn’t been released due to his age, faces additional charges of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a police officer.

Please reopen those closed prison Maura 🙏🏾 Syncerely Emotional Disk🤷🏾‍♂️😂

Massachusetts is home to about 16,000 millionaires.

Wellesley leads with 71.3 millionaires per square mile, around 1,276 total.

Cambridge ranks second at 62.8, followed by Brookline at 61.4.

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Amendment 144, filed by Sen. Robyn Kennedy, directs $50,000 to the Worcester RISE Clinic for refugee and immigrant support services.

Amendment 430, filed by Sen. Mark Montigny, directs $75,000 to the Immigrants Assistance Center, Inc. for citizenship and workforce readiness programming in New Bedford.

Amendment 445, filed by Sen. William Brownsberger, directs $40,000 to the Project Citizenship, Inc. for immigrant services across Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, and Belmont.

Different amendments, same pattern: more targeted spending layered onto an already growing budget, with no real brake on how far it goes.

Governor Healey is now signaling she would consider dumping Proposition 2½, the only thing keeping property taxes from skyrocketing across Massachusetts.

Under her watch, funding to cities and towns has stayed flat while state spending has exploded, especially on benefits for migrants.

19,000 more state employees since covid.

WTF Maura?

It’s time for Phil Eng to resign. If he can’t perform one position, how can taxpayers expect him to handle two positions. State workers earning up to three times their annual salary isn’t just abuse, it’s proof there’s no oversight.

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A new report calls on Massachusetts to eliminate 5,000 jobs from the state workforce over the next five years to save $1.5 billion, as employment reached an all-time high last year.

The public policy research group, the Pioneer Institute, released the report, but is not pushing for layoffs.

The group instead says only three of four vacancies should be filled when people leave their jobs through natural attrition. About 4,000 workers depart every year.

State employment reached an all-time high of 46,000 workers last year, according to the report. That accounts for about 19,000 more jobs compared to 2019.

The state had 19,000 more employees since covid? WTAF